Thursday, January 8, 2015

June 1958

My grandmother went on with life as single traveler. She finished the renovations to her home and kept busy with family.

June 1

Sunday. S. S. and
Church in Springdale

June 2

Having car port, storage, and patio built. All week.

June 6

Friday. Finished car
port – carpenter work

June 7

Saturday. Helped
JoEllen and Joe get ready for vacation.

June 8

Sunday. 4:30
P.M. Joe, Jo and Kay left for Washington
D.C. I am babysitting for about ten
days.

This was a sort of Senior Trip for me - to visit our Nation's Capitol. The trip had been planned for several months. We drove to D. C. and toured all the usual. The highlight was seeing the live stage play of "The Diary of Anne Frank".

June 12

Thursday. Graydon and
family came on vacation.

June 13

Friday. Graydon and
Don worked on summer house, etc. Went
out to eat Friday night.

June 14

Saturday. Mrs.
Burleson had us all for lunch.

My Aunt Clare's mother.

June 15

Sunday. Father’s
Day. JoAnn, Laurie and I had dinner
alone after church. McKims &
Comstocks had potted mums at church in memory of Dad. K.M. brought them to me after church.

I had not remembered that we were away on Father's Day. Must have been difficult for my grandmother - hopefully, the little girls were a distraction.

June 16

Monday. Back at
JoEllen's with the children.

June 17

Tuesday. 3:30
P.M. The folk came back from
vacation. Had wonderful trip but glad to
get home.

June 18

Tuesday [It was a Wednesday – she seems to have picked up the day from the year
before]

Dave
came to spend two nights with me. Gary
stayed here with us.

June 19

Wednesday. Dave and
Kenney stayed with me.

June 20

Thursday. LaVonne and
children had lunch with me. Then they
took Dave to Fayetteville. Guess Kay
will be moving back.

[I stayed in the house
with Mammaw most of the summer, unless she had other company.]

June 21

Friday

June 22

Sunday [day of the week now back on track]

June
23

Monday. K.M. and I went to Emerson Monument Co. Found one we liked.

June
24 - June 28

She wrote in only the day of the week with no further comment.

June
29

Sunday. Nora stayed with Grandma while I went to S.S.
and church. All of us had dinner and
supper together. Letty and Cy came – on
way to New Orleans.

I wonder if she had gone down to Van Buren to visit.. Aunt Let and Uncle Cy would not have come through Springdale on the way to New Orleans. This may have been the first time she drove to Van Buren by herself.

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Mammaw's Diary

My grandmother kept a diary for a five-year window of her life. I am posting the contents here for my cousins and other family members, as well as those other persons mentioned in her entries. Notes in italics are my annotations. She names a number of friends and church members that I did not know.

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